Peyton is recovering well and he is not grouchy like he was when we first saw him. We just took a video of him and thought we'd post it so everybody can see him! Enjoy!
Showing posts with label Cath Lab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cath Lab. Show all posts
Monday, January 24, 2011
Update
Peyton is done with the cath and is doing great! He was a perfect angel for the doctor and nurses. All of his pressures look awesome, his heart is pumping beautifully, and his pulmonary arteries are growing with him. He is definitely a candidate for the Fontan. We are still planning on the end of February for surgery. His doctor will get the information from today's cath and then she will discuss it with the surgeons and come up with the surgery info. We are relieved that it is over and relieved that they didn't have to do anything during the cath. We are not planning on staying over night. He will have to lay flat for 6 hours and then they will let us go. We are planning on leaving here around 7:30 tonight. Montana just headed back to see him and hopefully I will be able to go in a little bit! Thanks for all the prayers offered on our behalf. We are so grateful for the power of prayer and fasting. We truly feel them and see results. Hopefully our next post will have lots of pictures of Peyton from this afternoon!
Heart Cath
Peyton is in the cath lab right now and we are just waiting to be buzzed. He was having quite a bit of anxiety before they took him back. He didn't want to be weighed or have his height checked and then he wasn't happy about having is sats taken and his heart listened to. So, we opted to give him some Versed. It took a little bit to get it down but he relaxed quite quickly after he swallowed. He was a little loopy and he didn't even really care that we were leaving him in the cath lab. (He even got to ride in a wagon!!!) We told him that we were going to go on a walk and come back and get him and he seemed fine with it.
The cardiologist told us that the cath will last about 3 hours unless they just take pictures. We are planning on the full 3 hours! It's been an hour already! He will be taken up to the Post-Op Recovery area after the cath to be monitored for awhile. If they have to coil any unnecessary blood vessels then we will be staying at hour home on the hill over night! We are kinda planning on that but only time will tell. They are also going to check his pulmonary arteries to see if they are a decent size for his next surgery. If they are not, they will try to balloon them open and insert a stint if necessary.
We will update again when he's done and we know the results of the cath! Enjoy the pictures!
Walking into the hospital!
Playing in the wagon!
Walking/riding to the cath lab!
(I will also update sometime with pictures from November through January!)
The cardiologist told us that the cath will last about 3 hours unless they just take pictures. We are planning on the full 3 hours! It's been an hour already! He will be taken up to the Post-Op Recovery area after the cath to be monitored for awhile. If they have to coil any unnecessary blood vessels then we will be staying at hour home on the hill over night! We are kinda planning on that but only time will tell. They are also going to check his pulmonary arteries to see if they are a decent size for his next surgery. If they are not, they will try to balloon them open and insert a stint if necessary.
We will update again when he's done and we know the results of the cath! Enjoy the pictures!
Walking into the hospital!
Playing in the wagon!
Walking/riding to the cath lab!
(I will also update sometime with pictures from November through January!)
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